DESIGNING EXPERIENCES

Through the different workshops as i-gnite and the Hackathon week, I had an inmersive experience and hand-in on the theory of the block

HACKATHON WEEK

Although my experience for the hackathon was interrupted by a curfew for my family and me, I still could participate online. It presented more challenging circumstances for my team and me. They were very supportive of my situation and tried to stay with me, and guided me in some events taking place in the location.

 

I tried my best to be aware of the creative process, so first, I was delegated to analyze all the information gathered in previous days, from surveys to the people of Breda. Then I mapped the information and could organize the input from the surveyed people in a visual manner.

 

We organized a brainstorming session on the second day to find out where our golden nuggets were. I facilitated this session through an Empathy Canvas extracted from the book The Design Thinking ToolBox. This mindmap let us cluster all the information and overview all the insights that all the stakeholders had given us to this point. Before picking this specific canvas, we looked at two others and agreed that this one could let us have a better approach to our goals.

 

Our concepting started to take off once we had discovered all our main ideas through the process. Then the ideation fase took place in a stormy form. We had very dominant characters in the individuals of our group, then some discussions rose during the creation of our concept. We moved on quickly and landed into some great ideas that had to let go by the next day.

 

Video finalized, idea polished, then it was time to present our final delivery to our audience. Still for me, the barrier existed; I could see how it all came to place once we settled for the goal. And some disagreements had to be overpassed by then. We could come with a clear view by the end of the day, and all the good ideas had constructed then a Gosh! moment.

"THE SECRET OF BREDA!"

We were able to develop a strong concept and a video that supported the idea of “THE SECRET OF BREDA!” in the final presentations to the mucipality of Breda.

To CONCEPTING Theory

i-gnite / inspiration

Somehow, I was having trouble with the word “facilitator”. For me it consisted of someone trying so hard to keep people entertained while explaining some hard info that had to be delivered. 

 

I can see clearly now. Like the song, yes! Now a new dimension of the word is taking place in my heart. Feeling how the people gets inspired during the process, how the ideas start to rise, with the right questions, qith the right directions. It is everything evolving around people’s minds and facilitating to come toghether into some agreements. The differences, cultural, ethical, mindsets, are in balance when good facilitation is provided and the mood is settled in the same direction.

 

During the design of this workshop we as a team of 3 facilitators, could see how the word “Inspiration” had to come out of the participant not from us. We started then focusing on what we needed for that to happen. For letting people flow into the topic and come with insights on their own. The 3 fases of Game design gave us an excelent idea of how to prepare the journey of the workshop.

 

Though a powerful I DO ART we could set a good environment for connecting with people. They laughed with us, enjoyed the challenges and let the definition of inspiration start to rise in their minds.

 

Although I was online, I was also able to see the process in the classroom, and somehow I felt I was present. It was so nice to see how the design for the workshop went out as planned, and also some divergent plans took place by reading the mood and the timing in the group.